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- DictionaryIn·con·gru·i·ty/ˌinkənˈɡro͞oədē/
noun
- 1. the state of being incongruous or out of keeping: "the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her"
4 days ago · Irony is a linguistic and literary device, in spoken or written form, in which real meaning is concealed or contradicted. It takes two forms: verbal irony, in which literal meaning contradicts actual meaning, and dramatic irony, in which there is an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.
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6 days ago · Socratic irony: 1 n admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning Type of: irony incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
1 day ago · Epistemic emotions are caused by congruity or incongruity between a learner's knowledge and the knowledge to be learned (Han et al., 2021). Thus, we investigate epistemic emotions related to conceptual change due to the congruity/incongruity that exists during the knowledge reconstruction process.
May 5, 2024 · How Psychologists Define Attitudes. Psychologists define attitudes as a learned tendency to view and judge things in a certain way. This can include an evaluation of people, issues, objects, policies, or events. It is an umbrella term that consists of our opinions, emotions, perceptions, beliefs, expectations, values, and intentions.
2 days ago · congruousness: 1 n the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate Synonyms: congruence , congruity Antonyms: incongruity , incongruousness the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate Type of: harmoniousness , harmony compatibility in opinion and action
5 days ago · dramatic irony: 1 n (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play Type of: irony a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
May 15, 2024 · Incongruity from the current category structure is perceived as novel (Mandler 1982; Meyers-Levy and Tybout 1989). Based on this, we define “incongruent novelty” as new research that is incongruent with (different from) relevant existing literature. We propose two ways in which research can be incongruent.
